Bottle-holding device.



No. 773,475. PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904. J. F. GHRISTIN. BOTTLE HOLD INGDEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1.904.

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BOTTLE-HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,475, dated October25, 1904.

Application filed January 22, 1904. Serial No. 190,157- (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F.CHRIsTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holding Devices,of which the following is a specification.

The bottle-holder of this invention is intended for use more especiallyin connection with soda-water fountains for the purpose of enabling theoperator to bottle carbonated beverages at the fountain; and the objectof the invention is to provide a readily-adjustable bottle-holder whichcan be quickly and easily applied to or removed from the sealing-head,which bottle-holder will be adapted for the holding of bottles ofvarying size and at the same time will be so arranged that the bottlewhen once inserted into place can be quickly and tightly forced againstthe sealing-head to establish the seal and enable the carbonate water tobe drawn into the bottle.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevationof an ordinary sealing device having the bottle-holder of the presentinvention attached thereto; Fig. 2, a side elevation of thebottle-holder, and Fig. 3 a cross-sectional view of the same.

As shown in Fig. 1, the device is applied to a filling-head A of thekind ordinarily employed in bottling carbonated beverages and adapted tobe secured to a soda-Water tank, said head having a slidable rod aextending therethrough, which rod is operated by means of a lever B,pivoted to the rod (0 by means of a pivot b, and said lever is providedon one end by a handle C and has its other end pivoted to a link 0,which latter in turn is pivoted to a fixed arm 0, outwardly projectingfrom the filling-head. The rod (0 is provided on its lower end with ahook c for the purpose of sealing the stopper in the bottle after thecarbonated water has been admitted thereinto.

The sealing-head is provided with two oppositely-disposedoutwardly-projecting arms D, by which the bottle-holder of the presentinvention is supported. The bottle -holder itself consists of twosupporting rods or bars cl, suitably spaced for the insertion of abottle and of a length to support bottles of varying size, saidsupporting-rods being provided at their upper end with curved portions(Z, adapted to hook over the outwardly-projecting arms D, and saidcurvedportions or hooks are adapted to quickly and easily slip over thelaterally-projecting arms. To said rods is attached a base plate or diskE, through which is screw-threaded a stud e, supportingaplatform 6,which serves as a base or rest for the bottle to be inserted into theholder. The screw-threaded stud a is provided on its lower or outer endwith an adjusting-wheel 0 which enables the platform to be raised orlowered in order to adapt the holder for use with bottles of varyinglengths. The two arms are held distended by means of a curved brace c,which is attached to the supporting-rods at a suitable distance fromtheir base and is curved to conform to the curvature of a bottle.

In use when it is intended to bottle carbonated beverages at asoda-fountain a sealinghead of the character indicated is substitutedfor the faucet ordinarily employed and the bottle-holder of the presentinvention is inserted into place by hooking the supporting rods over theprojecting arms on the sealinghead, and a bottle is then inserted intoplace on the platform, after which said platform may be screwed up,thereby forcing the mouth of the bottle into the sealing-head and at thesame time holding the su pporting-rods in rigid contact with thelaterally-projecting rods on the sealing-head, and the action of thescrewthreaded stud tends at the same time to force the bottle up anddraw the rods down at one operation.

It will be'seen that the bottle-holder of the present invention issimple in construction and of a character to be easily attached to andremoved from a sealing-head and that it enables the operator to bottlehis goods directly at the sodafountain, if so desired, without thenecessity for buying goods already bottled, thereby obviating thenecessity of keeping a large supply of bottled goods in stock. Althoughthe present invention has been described in connection with a sealadapted for use in connection withsoda-fountains, it is obvious that itmay be readily attached to sealing-heads of any ordinary character.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a sealing head adapted to be attached to asoda-water tank and having a slidable hooked rod extending therethrough,a bottle-holder having supporting-rods adapted to be rcmovably securedto the sealing-head, a base to which the supporting-rods are rigidlyattached, a support for a bottle, and ascrew-threaded stud for upwardlyprojecting the bottle-support, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a sealing head adapted to be removably secured toa sodawater tank and provided with a slidable hooked rod extendingtherethrough, and arms outwardly projecting therefrom, a bottleholderprovided with rods adapted to be hooked onto the outwardly-projectingarms, a base to which the rods are rigidly secured, a platform betweenthe arms, and a screw threaded stud attached to the platform andprojecting through the base for upwardly projecting the platform toforce the mouth of a bottle into the slotted head and hold the supporting-arms rigidly onto the outwardly-extending arms, substantially asdescribed.

JOHN F. CHRISTIN.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. BANNING, \VALknR BANNING.

